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Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Gray Day Views~

Farah survey's the view

It sure didn't seem like the end of August, more like the end of September! We left Linda's just after 10 a.m. George had done a large section of trail clearing, so we did some trails that I hadn't been on in a long time. They included a couple nice bridges of some length so Farah went in front & right over! Good practice for taking her to Baker Lake!

Gray day view

By about 1 p.m. when we were ready to leave, the gray was even gloomier & it had started to "mist"! I don't know what the temperature was, but our hands & even our toes in our boots were getting cold! In spite of it, we had a really good ride, some technical elements, climbing & didn't see any fresh sign of Bear - though we did see where some of the Elderberry had been knocked down & berries eaten. The Blackberry's in the mountains have yet to even get ripe, so know that the Bears must be hungry!

Monument & Memorial Seat

We did some work on crossing a spot of water that Farah thought might jump up at her. After one somewhat ungraceful leap, I turned her back & she had to cross it correctly the second time, which she finally Did! She always seems so happy to get out & always has such a positive attitude & swing to her walk! So comfortable! I'm getting spoiled!

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Albert Borgmann, Crossing the Postmodern Divide, 1992

You cannot remain unmoved by the gentleness and conformation of a well-bred and well-trained horse -- more than a thousand pounds of big-boned, well-muscled animal, slick of coat & sweet of smell, obedient and mannerly, and yet forever a menace with it's innocent power and ineradicable inclination to seek refuge in flight, and always a burden with its need to be fed, wormed, and shod, with its liability to cuts and infections, to laming and heaves. But when it greets you with a nicker, nuzzles your chest, and regards you with a large and liquid eye, the question of where you want to be and what you want to do had been answered.

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